s/o Johannes Adam & Anna Christine Laudenclos Diehm
Lived in Westmoreland now Fayette County, Pennsylvania, at the outbreak of the Revolution. There enlisted May 1 1781 as an ensign under Captains Pigman and Felty, and Colonel Cook. His commission as an ensign at age of 17 was signed by Governor Mifflin of Pennsylvania. Applied pension in Wood County, Virginia in 1834. His claims were supported by Thomas Pribble, Hiram Pribble, and Adam Deem a brother. The claim was rejected.
Jacob Deem Sr, third son of Johannes Diehm, was born in 1759 at Hagerstown MD. He served in the Revolutionary War and also served as a scout in the Indian War. He married Eva Ann Cox, (also from Germany). Jacob and Eva settled in Wood Co, VA at the head of Big Tygart Creek. On June 6, 1804, Jacob Deem took deed to 100 acres, recorded in Wood County Deed book 2, page 202. This land was on the waters of Little Tygart Creek, and here he built his cabin where Chesterville now stands.
Additional bio courtesy of Contributor: Robert M Sharp (49800811) • [email protected]
Jacob and his brother Adam Deem served on a commission appointed by the County Court to view and mark a road from "Lee's Ripple" at the mouth of Lee's Run, just above Newark, to the mouth of Goose Creek, Adam Deem's home. Jacob lived in his home place until his death and is buried in the cemetery at Chesterville. Jacob appears in the DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition as having served as an Ensign in the Pennsylvania Militia.
Lived in Westmoreland now Fayette County, Pennsylvania, at the outbreak of the Revolution. There enlisted May 1 1781 as an ensign under Captains Pigman and Felty, and Colonel Cook. His commission as an ensign at age of 17 was signed by Governor Mifflin of Pennsylvania. Applied pension in Wood County, Virginia in 1834. His claims were supported by Thomas Pribble, Hiram Pribble, and Adam Deem a brother. The claim was rejected.
Jacob Deem Sr, third son of Johannes Diehm, was born in 1759 at Hagerstown MD. He served in the Revolutionary War and also served as a scout in the Indian War. He married Eva Ann Cox, (also from Germany). Jacob and Eva settled in Wood Co, VA at the head of Big Tygart Creek. On June 6, 1804, Jacob Deem took deed to 100 acres, recorded in Wood County Deed book 2, page 202. This land was on the waters of Little Tygart Creek, and here he built his cabin where Chesterville now stands.
Additional bio courtesy of Contributor: Robert M Sharp (49800811) • [email protected]
Jacob and his brother Adam Deem served on a commission appointed by the County Court to view and mark a road from "Lee's Ripple" at the mouth of Lee's Run, just above Newark, to the mouth of Goose Creek, Adam Deem's home. Jacob lived in his home place until his death and is buried in the cemetery at Chesterville. Jacob appears in the DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition as having served as an Ensign in the Pennsylvania Militia.
s/o Johannes Adam & Anna Christine Laudenclos Diehm
Lived in Westmoreland now Fayette County, Pennsylvania, at the outbreak of the Revolution. There enlisted May 1 1781 as an ensign under Captains Pigman and Felty, and Colonel Cook. His commission as an ensign at age of 17 was signed by Governor Mifflin of Pennsylvania. Applied pension in Wood County, Virginia in 1834. His claims were supported by Thomas Pribble, Hiram Pribble, and Adam Deem a brother. The claim was rejected.
Jacob Deem Sr, third son of Johannes Diehm, was born in 1759 at Hagerstown MD. He served in the Revolutionary War and also served as a scout in the Indian War. He married Eva Ann Cox, (also from Germany). Jacob and Eva settled in Wood Co, VA at the head of Big Tygart Creek. On June 6, 1804, Jacob Deem took deed to 100 acres, recorded in Wood County Deed book 2, page 202. This land was on the waters of Little Tygart Creek, and here he built his cabin where Chesterville now stands.
Additional bio courtesy of Contributor: Robert M Sharp (49800811) • [email protected]
Jacob and his brother Adam Deem served on a commission appointed by the County Court to view and mark a road from "Lee's Ripple" at the mouth of Lee's Run, just above Newark, to the mouth of Goose Creek, Adam Deem's home. Jacob lived in his home place until his death and is buried in the cemetery at Chesterville. Jacob appears in the DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition as having served as an Ensign in the Pennsylvania Militia.
Lived in Westmoreland now Fayette County, Pennsylvania, at the outbreak of the Revolution. There enlisted May 1 1781 as an ensign under Captains Pigman and Felty, and Colonel Cook. His commission as an ensign at age of 17 was signed by Governor Mifflin of Pennsylvania. Applied pension in Wood County, Virginia in 1834. His claims were supported by Thomas Pribble, Hiram Pribble, and Adam Deem a brother. The claim was rejected.
Jacob Deem Sr, third son of Johannes Diehm, was born in 1759 at Hagerstown MD. He served in the Revolutionary War and also served as a scout in the Indian War. He married Eva Ann Cox, (also from Germany). Jacob and Eva settled in Wood Co, VA at the head of Big Tygart Creek. On June 6, 1804, Jacob Deem took deed to 100 acres, recorded in Wood County Deed book 2, page 202. This land was on the waters of Little Tygart Creek, and here he built his cabin where Chesterville now stands.
Additional bio courtesy of Contributor: Robert M Sharp (49800811) • [email protected]
Jacob and his brother Adam Deem served on a commission appointed by the County Court to view and mark a road from "Lee's Ripple" at the mouth of Lee's Run, just above Newark, to the mouth of Goose Creek, Adam Deem's home. Jacob lived in his home place until his death and is buried in the cemetery at Chesterville. Jacob appears in the DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition as having served as an Ensign in the Pennsylvania Militia.
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